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| Walking Lincolnshire 2013 |
May day bank holiday, and a second visit to Rigsby Woods. We arrived just before lunch time today. With just a few cars parked on the verge as we arrived we headed off down the field margin in the bright warmth of the spring sun!
The Woodland is owned by Lincolnshire Wild Life Trust, who with the help of volunteers continue the ancient art of coppicing. Parking is made easy on the wide verges on both sides of the not so busy road.
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| View from the road |
The view from the roadside verge reveals a large managed field margin. With our sturdy Brashers on we made our way down to the five bar gate. The walk to the gate is a gentle decent and quite manageable even by us desk jockeys. Unless of course you have done the pub lunch first, more about were to eat later!
Once you are at the five bar gate the start of the walk begins. Through the gate and you are presented with a walk to the right or a long meandering walk straight ahead. We choose to take the path ahead. As you walk down the wooded area you won't fail to see the evidence of coppicing activity, both ancient and modern.
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| Blue bells, better late than never. |
Blue bells are abundant although people told us that they are not doing as well as previous springs. They are about 6" (15cm) high at the point of our visit. There is a magnificent show of Wood anemone, with the odd wild primrose visible if you look hard.
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